Rural dominates first city girls golf tourney

The Junior Blues rolled to the team championship by a whopping 51 strokes Tuesday at Topeka Country Club, with Rural placing four players in the top five and five in the top eight.

Washburn Rural junior Haley Flory took first place with a 78, while junior Sam Mitchell was second with an 82. Junior Anna Eichten and senior Talisa Hughes tied for fourth with 91 while junior Carly Rasmussen finished eighth with a 93.

"It was one of our goals we set at the beginning of the year, to win the inaugural city girls tournament," Rural coach Jared Goehring said. "We accomplished that today, again by showing our depth.

"We’ve been real competitive, we’ve gotten better and the girls are really buying into that."

Flory turned in a strong performance for the Junior Blues on Tuesday, continuing a banner season.

"It’s the lowest I’ve ever shot at Topeka Country Club," Flory said. "I think I shot an 80 one time, but I’m happy to meet my new goal of shooting in the 70s most of the time."

Flory said the key to playing well at TCC is to play within yourself.

"It’s a tricky course because whenever you hit any shot off line, you’re either right under the trees or in really thick rough, so it’s just important that you minimize the damage that’s done to your score by getting yourself out of trouble as soon as possible," Flory said.

Mitchell rode a hot start to her runner-up finish, although she was disappointed about not finishing with a lower score.

"I had two bad holes, and I didn’t handle them the way I should of," Mitchell said. "I definitely learned from it. It’s not (a bad score), but it definitely could have been and should have been better."

Topeka High sophomore Rachel Stous finished third individually with an 88 while team runner-up Shawnee Heights was led by seniors Rachel Anstaett and Jesse Mechler, who tied for sixth with 92.

Seaman junior Natalie Fish finished ninth with a 95, while Hayden senior Morgan Gales rounded out the top 10 with a 99.

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